Flour-packer



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No. 62!,6l2;

J. m. MATTINGLY.

FLOUR PAGKER.

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J. M., MATTINGLY. FLOUR PAcKEn'. Applicaltion filed Mar. 25, 1898.)

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NITED STATES PATENT I Orrrcn.

JAMES M. MATTINGLY, or HARTFORD, KENTUCKY.

FLOU R-PACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 621,612, dated March21 1899.

Application filed March 25, 1898. Serial No. 675,137. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES M. MATTINGLY, of Hartford, in the county ofOhio and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Machine forPacking Flour, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription. The object of'my invention is to provide a simple, durable,and economic machine for packing flour; and a further object oftheinvention is to. so construct the machine that mum and wherein whenflour is delivered to the machine white and granular it will be packedin the same condition, whereas in the majority of machines for thispurpose the continual grinding action pulverizes the flour, ruining itsgranulation, and rendering it blue, specky, and woolly.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims. I

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine, the packing mechanismbeing shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of themachine,the packing mechanism being shown in vertical section; and Fig.3 is a detail View of the packing-cylinder, illustrating the pack:ing-plates in their closed position, permitting the flour from thedelivery-spout to enter the barrel to be packed, which barrel is shownalso in vertical section. The frame of the machine comprises mainly abase 12 and two side sections A and A of suitable height, and each sidesection consists of a front and a rear upright 10 and 11, connected bysuitable cross -bars, and proper cross-bars likewise connect the twoside sections of the said frame. .A platform 13 extends within the frameand beyond the front of the frame in a horizontal position, 'as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. That portion of the platform which is within the frame isprovidedwith a superstructure 14, serving as a guide and practically abalancefor the main platform, the superstructure and main platform beingconnected by suitable braces 15. The

front bar 16 of the superstructure of the platform has attached to itnear each end a chain 17. These chains extend upward from thesuperstructure and are attached to drums 18,

the said drums being attached to a shaft 19,

journaled in the main frame and extending beyond both of its sides.

At the right-hand side of the shaft 19 a fric- Y tion-disk 20 issecured, and a strap 22 is passed v to slide on the beam 23, andaccording to the position in which the weight 24 of the beam is set themovement of the platform downward under the weight of the flour in thebarrel placed upon it will be controlled. Thus if thecounterbalance-weight 24 is placed near the front end of the beam thefriction exerted upon the wheel 20 will be such as to necessitate agreat weight on the platform to carry it downward, and when the Weight24 is carried toward the center of the beam a lesser weight will operatethe platform in its downward movement.

A hand-wheel 26 is secured at the right-hand end of theshaft 19, wherebythe shaft may be operated by hand so as to, raise the platform 13, andthis platform is practically balanced by attaching a friction-wheel 27to the lefthand end of the shaft 19 and-securing to the peripheralportion of the wheel 27 one end of a strap 28, the wheel having aperipheral flange, and a weight or a spring 29 is attached to the lowerend of the strap and to the base 12 of the frame, as shown best in Fig.1.

Hangers 30 are projected horizontally from the forward central portionof the frame above the shaft 19, one hanger being below the other, andin these hangers a vertical tubular shaft 31 is mounted to revolve. Thetubular shaft 31 carries a beveled gear 32 'at its upper end, whichmeshes with a second beveled gear 33, secured upon a drive-shaft 34,mounted in bearings 35, which bearings, as illustrated in Fig. 2, are intheir turn mounted in suitable slides 35. At the outer or left-hand endof the drive-shaft34: a driving-pulley 36 is atticularly in Fig. 2,)which lever is fulcrumed upon the slideway 35, being attached to thesliding bearing 35 at one end, and the opposite end of the lever 41 ispivotally connected with a rod 42, which rod is carried-downward alongthe right-hand side of the frame to a point below the platform 13 whenin its upper position. At the lower end of the rod 42 a projection 43 isformed, adapted for locking engagement with an extension or a lug 44,secured to the front standard 10 of the righthand side member of theframe. An adjustable trip-block 45, having one of its surfaces inclined,is carried by the rod 42 at a point above the projection 43,and thetrip-block 45 is adapted to be engaged by a projection 46 from thesuperstructure of the platform 13. Thus when the rod 42 is drawndownward and its projection 43 engages with the lug 44 on the frame thebearings for the drive-shaft 34 will be in such position as to insuredriving connection between said shaft and the tubular shaft 31 and thecrank-shaft 39.

Then the barrel has received its proper quota of flour, the platform 13will have been carried downward to such an extent that the projection 46from the superstructure orguide for the platform will engage with thetripblock 45 on the bar 42 and force the bar outward from lookingengagement with the lug 44 on the frame, whereupon the end of the lever41 connected with the box of the driveshaft will be forced downward bythe weight of the said shaft and the drive-shaft will be disconnectedfrom the tubular shaft 31- and the crank-shaft 39, immediately stoppingthe operation of the machine.

A feeder 47 is secured to the lower end of the tubular shaft 31, andthis feeder is in the nature of a spiral disk, as shown in Fig. 2, or,in other words, the feeder 47 represents a complete blade of an anger,the upper extremity of the blade extending over the lower extremity.This feeder is located just beneath the hopper 48, into which the flourto be packed is placed, and within a packing-cylinder 49, attached tothe lower end of the hopper 48, as shown particularly in Fig. 1. Thepackingcylinder 49 is adapted to enter the barrel B to be packed, asshown in Fig. 3, and said packing-cylinder is open at its lower end. Ashaft 50 has end movement in the tubular shaft 31. The upper end of theshaft 50 is connected by a pitman 51 with the crank-arm 40 of thecrankshaft 39. When the crankarm 40 is in its lowest position, as shownin Fig. 1, the lower end of the vertically-moving shaft 50 will be at a'point below the lower end of the tubular shaft 31. A tubular extension52 is attached to the lower end of the vertically-moving shaft 50, whichshaft may be termed a packing-shaft, and the tubular extension 52 isprovided with a series of openings 53, adapted for the outward andinward passage of air. A sleeve 54 is secured at the lower end of thetubular extension of the packing-shaft and the sleeve is provided atopposite sides with diverging arms 55, and beneath each diverging arm apacking-plate 56 has a hinged connection with the lower end of thesleeve 54, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 3. These packing-plates 56 arecupped and are of segmental or semicircular form, and each packing-plate56 is attached to the end of a spring 57, and these springs are carriedupward and secured to the inner wall of the packing-cylinder 49, at apoint n ear the top of the said cylinder.

In operation the barrel B is placed upon the platform 13 when it is inits lowest position. The platform is then raised by the manipulation ofthe shaft 19, the counterpoise-weight 24 having been set, and when theplatform shall have reached its upper position the packing-cylinder willbe near the bottom of the barrel, as shown in Fig. 3. The shifting-rod42 is then drawn downward, and the projection 43 is brought inlockingengagement with the lug 44 on the frame. The drive-shaft 34 willnow be set in motion, the tubular shaft 31 will rotate, and the spiralor anger feeder 47 will conduct the flour from the hopper 48 into thepacking-cylinder 49, and when the packing-shaft 50 is raised, as shownin Fig. 3, the packing-plates will practically fold together, permittingthe flour to fall between the said plates and the wall of the packing-.cylinder into proper position in the barrel.

At the downward stroke of the packing-shaft 50 the packing-plates willmove away from each other to the position shown in Fig. 1, being drawnto this position by the springs 57, and the upward movement of thepackingplates will be controlled by the plates striking the lower endsof. the arms 55, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Thus upon the downwardmovement or thrust of the packing-shaft 50 the loose flour delivered tothe barrel will be forced orpacked downward, and the flour will havebeen delivered to the barrel and will have been packed without grindingit or interfering with its granulation, and by the construction aboveset forth it is evident that the flour will be packed in the barrel inthe same condition in which it was delivered to the hopper 48. When thebarrel has received its proper quota of flour, as heretofore stated, theplatform will have reached such a low position that the trip 46 on theplatform will act on the trip-block 45 and disengage the projection 43from the lug 44 upon the frame and release the drivingshaft from drivingengagement with the crank-shaft and the feed-shaft or the shaft carryingthe feeder 47.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 7 v 1. In a packing-machine, the combination with thesupply-chute and the packing-receptacle attached thereto, of a rotaryfeeder arranged at the junction of the supply-chute with thepacking-receptacle, and the packingplates having reciprocating movementin the packing-receptacle toward and from the said rotary feeder.-

2. In a packing-machine, the combination with the supply-chute and thepacking-receptacle attached thereto, of a hollow shaft, a rotary feedersecured upon said shaft at the junction of the supply-chute with thepacking-receptacle, a rod or shaft mounted to reciprocate in said hollowshaft, and the packing-plates secured to said rod within thepacking-receptacle.

3. In a packing-machine, the combination with a packing-receptacle, of arod or shaft mounted to reciprocate therein, and packingplates pivotedto said rod or shaft, said plates being cupshaped or concaved on theiropposing surfaces.

4. In a machine for packing flour, the combination, with a supply-chute,areceiving or packing receptacle attached to the supplychute, and afeeder mounted to rotate within the said receptacle' near its connectionwith the said chute, the said feeder consisting of a blade having theform of a single spiral, the ends of the spiral overlapping, of a shafthaving end movement in the said receptacle, spring controlled packingplates having a hinged connection with the lower end of the said shaft,and means for limiting the upward movement of the packing-plates,substantially as described.

5. In a machine for packing flour, the com bination, with asupply-chute, a receiving'or packing receptacle attached to the supplychute, and a feeder mounted to rotate within ,the said receptacle nearits connection with the said chute, the said feeder consisting of ablade having the form of a single spiral, the ends of the spiraloverlapping, of a shaft having end movement'in the said receptacle, theshaft being provided at its lower end with a tubular, apertured section,packing-plates of a cupped formation oppositely hinged to the lower endof the tubular section of the said shaft, springs attached to thepackingplates and to the said receptacle at a point above the plates,and arms projected from the tubular section of the shaft, and arrangedto limit the upward movement of the said packing-plates, for the purposespecified.

6. In a machine for packing flour, the combination, with a frame, aplatform held to slide in the said frame, a shaft having a windlassconnection with the platform, a balance device for the platformconnected with the said shaft, and a beam having a frictional engagementwith the said shaft, of a supplychute, a receiving or packing receptacleconnected with the supply-chute and located over the platform, a feedermounted to revolve within the said receptacle, packingplates havingvertical and lateral movement JAMES M. MATTINGLY.

Witnesses:

JOHN R. PHIPPs, WILLIAM H. MOORE.

